| Office: | Minister of State |
| Primeminister: | Nouri Al Maliki |
| Term Start: | December 2010 |
| Birth Name: | Ali Mehdi Jawad Aldabbagh |
| Birth Date: | 18 July 1955 |
| Birth Place: | Kerbala, Iraq |
| Alma Mater: | Baghdad University |
| Nationality: | Iraqi |
Ali Aldabbagh (born 18 July 1955) is an Iraqi engineer, businessman and politician who served as government spokesman until November 2012.
Aldabbagh was born in Kerbala on 18 July 1955.[1] He hails from a Shiite family.[2] He received a bachelor's degree in civil engineering from Baghdad University in 1977.[3] Then he obtained a master's degree in environmental pollution from the same university in 1983.[3] He also holds a PhD in business administration, which he received in 2003.[1]
Aldabbagh worked in private sector in various countries, including the UAE, Canada and Japan.[3] He also dealt with business in Iraq and was co-owner of a family firm called Tigris Building Contractors.[4]
Aldabbagh served as mid-level official in the Baath party.[5] He is the leader of the independent Kafaat Gathering, a political party represented in the Iraqi parliament.[6] He was appointed state minister to the second cabinet of Nouri Al Maliki in December 2010.[7] He is part of the state of law coalition in the cabinet.[8]
He served as government spokesman until 29 November 2012 when his resignation was accepted by Maliki. Aldabbagh resigned from his post due to his alleged involvement in the Russian arms deal.[6] Maliki did not appoint anybody to succeed Aldabbagh as spokesman, but Ali Al Moussawi, media advisor of Maliki, was given the authority of spokesman.[9]